{"id":853,"date":"2017-02-04T12:59:40","date_gmt":"2017-02-04T17:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=853"},"modified":"2017-02-04T12:59:40","modified_gmt":"2017-02-04T17:59:40","slug":"simply-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=853","title":{"rendered":"Simply Madness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Indians will pay for the pipeline.<br \/>\nCleveland is, of course, possessed by gangs.<br \/>\nBomb the glaciers and tax the water.<br \/>\nPlease pull to the curb and be searched.<br \/>\nMexico will pay for the Alamo.<br \/>\nBowie will not have died in vain.<br \/>\nDrill until it hurts and stop the trees.<br \/>\nBow to the flag. Wear your pin prominently.<br \/>\nSince when do we protect stinging insects?<br \/>\nAustin will pay for its housing of sinners.<br \/>\nCity limits will be strictly enforced.<br \/>\nThe no-fly zone has become the fly zone.<br \/>\nReligion will be compulsory.<br \/>\nChicago has been traded to Canada.<br \/>\nThere is no defensible excuse for sarcasm.<br \/>\nPlease leave all possessions on conveyor.<br \/>\nThe homeless will be busy building walls.<br \/>\nGet your hat on now or just get out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indians will pay for the pipeline. Cleveland is, of course, possessed by gangs. Bomb the glaciers and tax the water. Please pull to the curb and be searched. Mexico will pay for the Alamo. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=853\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[3,4],"class_list":["post-853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2","tag-poem","tag-poetry-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":668,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=668","url_meta":{"origin":853,"position":0},"title":"Over and Out","author":"Rick Young","date":"January 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Illogical pit stops Waste deep in the forest Infecting the shrine zone Project our dark skies. While under the curtain, Where nothing is certain, When staring at shark eyes, The festival dies. 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